Bug#668437: lintian: Identify -dbg packages that have binaries with no debugging symbols
Package: lintian
Version: 2.5.6
Severity: wishlist
Hi!
Using #652099 as an example, we have a source package that has a -dbg
binary package, with files located under /usr/lib/debug/ as they should
be but with one problem: there are no debugging symbols.
Could lintian do a new check against the binaries in a -dbg package to
see if they indeed have the proper debugging symbols?
Something like doing a "nm -a $file | cut -b 18" and grepping for "N"
If no N is found then we have a file with missing symbols and a warning
about this.
(I don't know if nm + cut + grep is the best way to test for debugging symbols, but
it seems to do the job)
Thank you!
Best regards,
Nelson
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pt_BR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages lintian depends on:
ii binutils 2.22-6
ii bzip2 1.0.6-1
ii diffstat 1.55-2
ii file 5.11-1
ii gettext 0.18.1.1-5
ii intltool-debian 0.35.0+20060710.1
ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.26
ii libc-bin 2.13-27
ii libclass-accessor-perl 0.34-1
ii libclone-perl 0.31-1+b2
ii libdpkg-perl 1.16.2
ii libemail-valid-perl 0.187-2
ii libipc-run-perl 0.91-1
ii libparse-debianchangelog-perl 1.2.0-1
ii libtimedate-perl 1.2000-1
ii liburi-perl 1.60-1
ii locales 2.13-27
ii man-db 2.6.1-2
ii patchutils 0.3.2-1.1
ii perl [libdigest-sha-perl] 5.14.2-9
ii unzip 6.0-6
lintian recommends no packages.
Versions of packages lintian suggests:
ii binutils-multiarch <none>
ii dpkg-dev 1.16.2
ii libhtml-parser-perl 3.69-1+b1
ii libtext-template-perl 1.45-2
ii man-db 2.6.1-2
ii xz-utils 5.1.1alpha+20110809-3
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